{"id":128494,"date":"2020-02-22T01:12:15","date_gmt":"2020-02-22T06:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=128494"},"modified":"2020-02-22T01:14:06","modified_gmt":"2020-02-22T06:14:06","slug":"etzler-scores-35-knights-win-home-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2020\/02\/22\/etzler-scores-35-knights-win-home-finale\/","title":{"rendered":"Etzler scores 35, Knights win home finale"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SCOTT TRUXELL\/<\/strong>independent sports editor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CONVOY — Kalen Etzler poured in 35 points and pulled down 12 rebounds to lead Crestview to a 66-52 win over Spencerville in the regular season finale for both teams on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The victory improved Crestview\u2019s record to 11-11 (4-4 NWC), while Spencerville dropped to 7-15 (3-5 NWC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kalen Etzler slams in two of his 35 points during Friday’s win over Spencerville. The 6-8 junior also had a dozen rebounds against the Bearcats. <\/strong>Wyatt Richardson\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m really proud of the way our guys battled tonight,\u201d Crestview head coach Doug Etzler said. \u201cWe knew coming in it would be a physical game and I thought we did a good job of being tough at both ends of the floor tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cKalen really scored it well tonight but I thought he did a really good job of taking shots within our offense and he also passed it well and got other guys involved,\u201d the coach added. \u201cOn offense we did a good job of moving the basketball and spacing the floor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Five of Etzler\u2019s points came in the opening quarter and game was tied 13-13 at the end of the period, then the 6-8 junior scored 12 of Crestview\u2019s 14 second quarter points, including a pair of treys and the Knights held the Bearcats to just six points on the way to a 27-19 halftime lead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDefensively we were really keying on Josh Henline and Dalton Prichard and we did a great job of making their touches tough,\u201d Etzler said. \u201cI thought our guys communicated well and did a really good job of helping each other defensively.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Etzler and Carson Kreischer, who finished with 15 points, each scored seven points in the third quarter and JJ Ward added six to boost Crestview\u2019s lead to 47-33 at the end of the period. Jackson Goecke scored eight points in the quarter for Spencerville and went on to finish with 14. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each team scored 19 points in the fourth quarter, with Etzler accounting for 11. Tyler Koenig scored seven of his 14 points in the final period and Prichard added 10 points, all in the second half. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spencerville was 20-51 from the floor, including 2-19 from three point range and 10-12 from the foul line. Crestview shot 25-54 from the floor and was 6-21 from beyond the arc. The Knights converted 9-15 free throws and won the rebounding battle 30-25. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBig win for us on senior night and I\u2019m really proud of the effort and leadership our seniors (Kaden Short, Michael Joseph and Isaiah LaTurner) have provided us this year,\u201d Etzler said. \u201cI\u2019m glad we could get a win on their last home game.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crestview will face Leipsic in the Division IV sectional semifinals at 6:15 p.m. Wednesday at Bluffton University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scoring summary<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crestview 13 14 20 19 \u2013 66
Spencerville 13 6 14 19 \u2013 52<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crestview: Kalen Etzler 13-5-35; Gavin Etzler 1-2-5; Michael Joseph 1-0-2; Carson Kreischer 7-1-15; JJ Ward 2-2-7; Isaiah LaTurner 1-0-2<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spencerville: Josh Henline 0-2-2; Jackson Goecke 7-0-14; Keegan Goecke 2-0-4; Tyler Koenig 5-2-14; Dalton Prichard 3-4-10; Eli Harter 3-2-8<\/p>\n\n\n\n

JV: Crestview 65-55 (OT)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports editor CONVOY — Kalen Etzler poured in 35 points and pulled down 12 rebounds to lead Crestview to a 66-52 win over Spencerville in the regular season finale for both teams on Friday. The victory improved Crestview\u2019s record to 11-11 (4-4 NWC), while Spencerville dropped to 7-15 (3-5 NWC). \u201cI\u2019m really proud […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-31 09:22:23","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128494\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}